6 foot 4-Point Play: Oscar Tshiebwe returns to Back to Kentucky with full commitment mark Pope future…
6 foot 4-Point Play: Oscar Tshiebwe returns to Back to Kentucky with full commitment mark Pope future…
And it’s not just boys and men in attendance with Kentucky ties. Georgia Amoore, star of the UK women’s basketball team, is also suiting up in Portland — one of ten college players invited to participate.
Julius Halaifonua commits to Georgetown
Remember Julius Halaifonua, the 7-foot, 290-pound center out of New Zealand with some Kentucky interest this summer? He considered a reclassification and move to Lexington while Cal, Xavier, Ohio State and North Carolina also expressed interest.
Instead, he decided to land on Georgetown, committing to Ed Cooley and the Hoyas on Monday.
“After a long relationship with Georgetown and a great visit these past few days, I’ve decided that it’s the fit for me and I have Committed to Georgetown University,” the four-star center told Travis Branham of 247Sports.
Kentucky removed itself from the race in July, sources tell KSR. Now, he’s found a home at Georgetown.
Mark Stoops gets mad at SEC Shorts for basketball sketch
Remember that viral clip released a few years back by SEC Shorts, a sketch comedy bit featuring fake Kentucky basketball players raising donations amid football’s historic success in 2018? It joked that the basketball team featured “ignored and forgotten heroes” as “students fill Kroger Field for every football home game.”
Fast forward several years and Josh Snead of SEC Shorts is sharing a fascinating backstory from that clip, Mark Stoops apparently making it clear he wasn’t cool with the strays the basketball program was taking — no matter how good things were on the football field at the time.
“We made another video for ESPN where — Kentucky was having this great year, I can’t remember. 2018?” Snead told Connor O’Gara of Saturday Down South in a recent podcast. “We were making all of these positive Kentucky football videos, which was very hard for us because we didn’t even have Kentucky gear at the time, I don’t think. We had to go buy stuff. It was very exciting, because their fans are through the roof because they’re about to win 10 games for the first time. It’s never happened, and they’re super excited. We’re happy to make these videos and we make one that says Kentucky is a football school. …
“ESPN cleared it and they were fine with it, but Mark Stoops saw it and was like, ‘How could you do this to us?’ Apparently the football and basketball departments didn’t get along great at the time, so he wasn’t super pumped about it. But I’m sure it’s fine now, Cal is gone and Stoops is doing great. I’m sure it’s fine now.”
The more you know.
